Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dahood on `ecah, derek, mow$ab
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 05:11:06 -0700
On 01/10/2003 11:13, B. M. Rocine wrote:
B-Haveray,
Why is it that Dahood's work on Psalms (Anchor, 1965!) is not impacting
recent translations, commentaries, lexicons?
Going back to the original question, specifically re commentaries, one
more point:
The Word commentary on Psalms 1-50 by Peter Craigie is full of
references to Dahood's work. Craigie is in many ways a supporter of
Dahood's methods and his critique of them in his introduction is also a
partial defence. He discusses Dahood's interpretation of Psalm 1, but
rejects his understanding of DRK:
"In the present context, however, the argument for the meaning
"assembly", in so far as it is based on Ugaritic, is without firm
foundation. "Throne" would be a possible translation, though it would
not fit the poetic context well. Furthermore, the contrasting of two
/ways/ (1:6) is a common theme in both biblical literature ...and in
Near Eastern texts... In summary, it is best to retain the translation
"way" for Heb DRK:, both here [v.1] and in v 6."
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Peter Kirk
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